- damage feasant
- Doing damage; the damage caused by trespassing animals. See distress damage feasant.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
damage feasant
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damage feasant — /fezˈənt/ adjective Doing damage (of beasts trespassing) • • • Main Entry: ↑damage … Useful english dictionary
Damage feasant — Dam age fea sant [OF. damage + F. faisant doing, p. pr. See {Feasible}.] (Law) Doing injury; trespassing, as cattle. Blackstone. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
damage feasant English Law — [ fi:z(ə)nt] noun damage done on one person s land by another person s trespassing animal, which justifies the landowner in retaining the animal until compensated. adverb on grounds of damage caused to land or property. Origin C16: from OFr.… … English new terms dictionary
damage feasant — /dsmaj fiyzant/ Doing damage. A term formerly applied to a person s cattle or beasts found upon another s land, doing damage by treading down the grass, grain, etc. 3 Bl.Comm. 7, 211. This phrase seems to have been introduced in the reign of… … Black's law dictionary
damage feasant — /dsmaj fiyzant/ Doing damage. A term formerly applied to a person s cattle or beasts found upon another s land, doing damage by treading down the grass, grain, etc. 3 Bl.Comm. 7, 211. This phrase seems to have been introduced in the reign of… … Black's law dictionary
damage-feasant — … Useful english dictionary
distress damage feasant — A landowner s seizure and impounding of animals found trespassing and doing damage on his land, and holding them until compensation for the damage sustained is made. 4 Am J2d Am § 55 … Ballentine's law dictionary
feasant — /fiyzant/ Doing, or making, as, in the term damage feasant (doing damage or injury), spoken of cattle straying upon another s land … Black's law dictionary
feasant — /fiyzant/ Doing, or making, as, in the term damage feasant (doing damage or injury), spoken of cattle straying upon another s land … Black's law dictionary
feasant — The process of acting or putting into effect. See damage feasant … Ballentine's law dictionary
